【正文】 t know thatwe were in a swamp .in the middle of a jungle and that. the helicopters couldn39。t in his seat. I heard groans and I worked out that possibly six other people were still alive. When daylight came, I could see all the bodiesaround me. Johan was on the other side of the aisle, but I knew that he was dead.After a day or two ? the other voices stopped and I was alone. But the rescuers didn39。t move. Johan, I called, but he didn39。 extraordinary(常作褒義)驚人的，了不起的2. Background information: Provide students with some cultural background tofamiliarize them with the subject.1. Disasters occur everywhere in the world. Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, windstorms,floods, air disasters, etc. threaten human existence. Take plane crash for example, in the year 2000 alone, there were 17 major mercial passenger airline disasters worldwide, claiming more than 800 lives. Air disasters are caused by both natural forces and inappropriate human activities. The most mon causes are unusual weather conditions, structural failure, engine failure, navigational error, or terrorist attack. Planes may crash on takeoff, on landing, or on approach. They may hit a mountain, or be hit by lightning. They may overrun the runway, or collide in midair with another plane. Some disasters are caused by terrorists. It was an act of terrorism when two giant passenger planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and leveled them to the ground.2. Burma a country located in Southeast Asia. Its whole name is the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. It has a tropical monsoon climate. March to May is its summer season, June to October its rainy season, and November to February its cool season.Surviving a plane crashThree months ago I flew to Burmawith my boyfriend, Johan. The plane was a small one and our seats were near the back. The sky was black as we took off, and throughout the flight, we kept our seat belts fastened. Twenty minutes later we flew into a terrible storm. The plane rolled and shook in the wind. We were both very frightened. I couldn’t remember anything after that until I opened my eyes. I didn39。 say or do as an answer 回答，答復save or set free from harm, danger，or loss拯救，解救?？謶值?cause to)have a sudden, violent, and noisy accident(使)猛撞。 understanding of just a few key words from thetext by giving their English explanations and asking the students to give the words andtheir Chinese meanings.continue to live or exist, esp drinking5. consciousness。 crashed3. stopped。ve just heard on the tape1. flew。t live up to our own expectations. Whatever the reason, I would wele a course in creatively skirting the issue and confusing your children Just think, when my children are grown and gone, I could quit my office job and run for politics. Maybe I could start an advice column for families, or write books on creative parenting, or...I sighed as I suddenly realized, visions of grandeur aside, I still have ten years of excuses to go! Text B “Whatever you needI was working as a consultant in a beer pany, helping the president and senior vicepresidents formulate and implement their new strategic vision. It was an enormous challenge. At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My mitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, even though my evenings were very hard. I didn39。t worry dear, I won39。m just too tired. Maybe we can go tomorrow instead.You never keep your promises.Yes I do. Sometimes it takes me a while to keep them. but you know we will eventually go swimming.But you said we could go today.And when tomorrow is today, we will.”O(jiān)h alright, but don39。t always work out the way we planned.39。 attention to the following useful expressions from the text and ask them to make sentences with those in bold.workoutkeep promisemake promisesettle downmarvel atinsist on tell a liellve up torun for結(jié)果……遵守諾言許諾平靜下來，專心于，定居對……感到驚奇堅持說謊不辜負，實踐，做到競選。s ChildrenChildren have always been somewhat different from their parents, since, to a certain degree, the process of growing up requires finding one39。 write 4. ten。 keep。t? always 2. too。s promise is.(Suggested answer: Mum promised that she would go swimming with her child that day.) II. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you39。 the youngest 10. the coldestIV. Translate the following sentences into English with the appropriate parative or superlative forms of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets.1. Mary is the nicest to people among the three children in the family.2. He arrived much earlier than most of us.3. The Nile River, the Yangtze River, the Amazon River and the Mississippi River are the four longest rivers in the world.4. The park is more beautiful than I expected.5. I can type as fast as she.6. Oil is not so / as heavy as water.20Unit 3Ⅰ.　Teaching　Aims As the title suggests, this unit aims to help students to learn some life stories, and to know what some words such as promise and insist really mean. By the end of this unit, students should be familiar with these two important words and be able to tell their own stories in reasonably correct English. What39。6. 油沒有水重。4. 這座公園比我想像的還要美。2. 他比我們大多數(shù)人都到得早。t work hard last year, but I am working much____________ (hard) now.9. The boy was young, but he39。這種比較范圍的表示可以用介詞詞組，如in the world， ofthethree children等， 也可以用像 I have ever known， he has ever seen等這一類的句子。This is the most interesting movie l have ever seen. 這是我看過的最有趣的電影。He works hardest of all of them. 他是他們所有人中學習最刻苦的。撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠。This car runs faster than that one. 這輛車比那輛車跑得更快。約翰比鮑伯更聰明。例如:He is busier than before. 他比從前更